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Friday, January 20, 2017

BUFFALO TRACE ANNOUNCES RECORD YEAR FOR VISITORS

Buffalo Trace Distillery, has
announced that it ended 2016, with a record number of visitors to its
distillery in Frankfort, Kentucky.The US National Historic Landmark distillery,
welcomed 170,587 guests in 2016, an increase of 17% over the previous year.
Since 2010, Buffalo Trace has seen a 227% growth in visitors.

Buffalo Trace announces record year for visitors

2016 also saw the discovery of
Buffalo Trace’s “Bourbon Pompeii,” the early foundation and fermenting vats
dating back to 1873, its millionth visitor and the announcement of a $200
million investment, which will increase production and meet the ever growing
global demand for its bourbon.Commenting on the news, Meredith Moody,
Marketing Services Director at Buffalo Trace, said: “We continue to surprise
even ourselves with the volume of guests we are welcoming weekly. We are
already looking at additional ways to expand our visitor centre which just went
through an expansion last year, and we’re looking at adding another tour to
join our current five complimentary tours already in place.”She went on to say: “We’re excited
about what the future holds for Buffalo Trace Distillery. We’ve definitely not
resting on our laurels but looking for more and better ways to enhance the
visitor experience.”Last year, Buffalo trace also
announced that it had racked up more than 5,000 experimental whiskey barrels in
its Kentucky warehouses.Posted by Steve Rush